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A large amount of Islamist fighters returning to the UK from Syria were placed ... hold more than 50 Islamic State and Levant fighters, including two surviving ... be barred from entering the country and be prosecuted in Turkey or Iraq.

As a result, the province's population has doubled to 3 million people, and over ... The Turkish government used to support various rebel Islamist militias ... East since the American invasions of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003 ...